Extremely slow access to D-Link DNS-323

I installed a D-link DNS-323 NAS device on a small P2P network and mapped 3 Windows XP computers to the shared folder. It is so slow to do everything. It takes about 30 seconds to even open a directory to view files and 30 to 60 seconds to open or save a 4MB Excel file. I know these Low end NAS devices are not the fastest but this seems completely out of line. Any suggestions? I updated the firmware with no change.

The router will probably not have manageable ports, double check your speed/duplex settings on the NAS. You want them to be set to auto if possible since the router will be set that way. If you staticly set the speed/duplex on the NAS the router will not be able to negotiate the settings and will default to 10/half, even if you have the NAS set to 1000/full. Lets see what you come up with in the NAS settings...

Sorry, I was never able to resolve this issue. I called dlink, updated firmware, change every possible settting and still slow as hell. So I, simply replaced the NAS with an old Pentium 4 Computer, installed the 2 hard drives that I had purchased for the NAS, Installed a fresh copy of XP Pro and simply shared the D drive and it works perfectly and fast.
I tried a Buffalo Pro Duo NAs as well and it was slow too, but not as bad as the D-link.

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